18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
192 Gilford Road
Portadown
Co. Armagh BT63 5LFSecretary/Manager: Barbara Currie Captain: Ken Lindsay Lady Captain: Mavis McCallun Telephone: 028-38-355356 President: Hal McCready & Ann Walker Public No: 028-38-355356 Vice-Captain: Michael Connolly & Jean Barr Fax: 028-38-391394 Hon. Secretary: D. G. Allen & Valerie Courtney E-mail: portadown.gc@btconnect.com Club Pro: Paul Stevenson 048-38-334655 Website: www.portadowngolfclub.co.uk Hon. Treasurer: Brian Fryer & May Crealey Founded: 1900 Designed by: Membership: 707 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: £18 Clubhouse opening hours: 12.00am to 11.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: £22 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: £10/£14 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: Phone Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Tuesdays Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: No Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Portadown Golf Club was founded in 1900, and has all the attributes attributed to a mature course of its vintage, although the present 18-holes date from 1974. It is festooned with tree-lined fairways bunkers and water coming into play on several holes. The River Bann comes into play especially on the on the 452 metres 9th where the tee shot is played over the River. The Bann again becomes a magnet on the 14th and 17th when its inviting water comes into play all the way up the right-hand-side.By no means an easy course measuring 5,575 metres off the white stakes with a Par of 70 and a standard scratch of 69, whereas the ladies is 5,136 metres with a Par of 73 and a standard scratch to match. The course record was set by A. Polle as far back as 29th August 1996 even with the strident advances of golf equipment in the meantime it still stands.
After what has to be an enjoyable and memorable days golf, take some time to relax and saver the clubhouse facilities and meet the members who always extend a warm Ulster hand of friendship to visitors.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1894 affiliated 1902.There is some confusion as to when Portadown Golf Club was first founded. The "Belfast Newsletter", 2nd March, 1895 records "The members of this club held their annual meeting in the Young Men’s Institution. There was a large attendance, thus testifying to the healthy interest, which is taken in the club by the young men of the town. The chair was occupied by Mr. John Lutton, Captain" It gives the President as Charles Johnston J. P, the Hon. Secretary as Mr. Waugh and the Treasurer, as Mr. T. Alexander.
The original course was at Drumcree, when it moved to Mahon in 1919 and to its present location at Carrickbracke in 1934, where an eighteen-hole course was officially opened in 1936. During the Second World War, nine holes were given over to grow flax and potatoes and it wasn’t until 1974 that it reverted to eighteen holes again. Portadown celebrated its centenary year in the Millennium.
Location
3 miles out of Portadown on A50.
Members Achievements
N/A.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 259 240 4 15 237 4 15 2 298 293 4 13 294 4 9 3 389 362 4 3 376 4 1 4 150 140 3 11 142 3 13 5 393 389 4 1 390 5 11 6 111 92 3 17 95 3 17 7 347 332 4 7 302 4 5 8 366 349 4 5 349 4 3 9 452 432 5 9 393 5 7 Out 2,765 2,629 35 2,578 36 10 331 312 4 12 317 4 4 11 343 329 4 6 339 5 16 12 371 353 4 2 317 4 2 13 172 150 3 10 154 3 12 14 257 233 4 18 239 4 18 15 129 116 3 16 116 3 10 16 326 310 4 14 279 4 14 17 486 459 5 8 403 5 8 18 395 392 4 4 394 5 6 In 2,810 2,654 35 2,558 37 Total 5,575 5,283 70 5,136 73 SSS 69 68 73
Men's Course Record: 64 Andrew Poole (2) 29/08/1996 & Barry McCaffrey (0) 24/03/2007
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Dr. M. Patton 1989 Ladies Captain E. O. Orr 1989 Men's Captain A. T. Hunter 1989 President Mrs. D. McCaughey 1990 Ladies Captain D. G. Wilson 1990 Men's Captain A. T. Hunter 1990 President Mrs. C. Burrows 1991 Ladies Captain D. G. Armb 1991 Men's Captain A. T. Hunter 1991 President Mrs. J. Harbinson 1992 Ladies Captain F. G. T. Benson 1992 Men's Captain J. Shanik 1992 President Mrs. T. Dunseith 1993 Ladies Captain H. G. McCartney 1993 Men's Captain J. Shanik 1993 President Mrs. S. Stevenson 1994 Ladies Captain W. Cooper 1994 Men's Captain J. Shanik 1994 President Mrs. A. Dynes 1995 Ladies Captain J. R. E. Clements 1995 Men's Captain R. W. Millsopp 1995 President Mrs. D. Armb 1996 Ladies Captain J. A. Turley 1996 Men's Captain R. W. Millsopp 1996 President Mrs. D. Johnston 1997 Ladies Captain J. A. Ball 1997 Men's Captain R. W. Millsopp 1997 President Mrs. M. Weir 1998 Ladies Captain G. E. J. Brown 1998 Men's Captain Dr. W. Dobson 1998 President Mrs. A. Wray 1999 Ladies Captain J. W. Sandford 1999 Men's Captain Dr. W. Dobson 1999 President Ann Brisbane 2000 Ladies Captain Dr. Margaret Patton 2000 Ladies President Tom Madill 2000 Men's Captain Dr. William Dobson 2000 President Liz Wilson 2001 Ladies Captain B. R. Hunniford 2001 Men's Captain Mr. W. Kilpatrick 2001 President Jean Garvin 2002 Ladies Captain May Jones 2002 Ladies President E. R. Reilly 2002 Men's Captain Mr. W. Kilpatrick 2002 President Rosemary Wilson 2003 Ladies Captain W. Nixon 2003 Men's Captain Mr. W. Kilpatrick 2003 President Sue McDonagh 2004 Ladies Captain Dave Allen 2004 Men's Captain Eric Lathe 2004 President Sandra Sandford 2005 Ladies Captain Colum McEeever 2005 Men's Captain Eric Lathe 2005 President Pat Kelly 2006 Ladies Captain David McDowell 2006 Men's Captain Erick Lathe 2006 President Valerie Stewart 2007 Ladies Captain David Henderson 2007 Men's Captain Hal McCready 2007 President
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Seamus Magill 15 February 1995 15th 116 m Andrew Bell 19 June 1997 6th 111 m Victor Gallick 21 June 1997 4th 150 m David Redpath 15 July 2000 13th 172 m Denis McBride 24 August 2000 6th 111 m
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